Unisex name · since 1998
No
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named No, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #52,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
No sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1998.
No has 12 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2010.
- #52,166 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, No ranks #52,166 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #52,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
No's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
No's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide No's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
No popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2010
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
No popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2010 (No as boys' name)
No by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was No's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
No births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
No by state
Where No concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
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What to do with No's data
- New York records the most Nos (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for No: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for No draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.